Girls' name · since 1968
Zarah
2,957 babies named Zarah in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,435 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,957
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Zarah is the #1435 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,957 recorded since 1968.
Zarah has 2,957 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1435 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #3,629 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,435 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,957 born since 1968
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zarah ranks #3,629 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,435 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,957 born since 1968, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,435 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,957
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zarah's 2,957 recorded births place it above 94.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Zarah compares
2,957 Top 18% higher than 82% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zarah's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zarah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,957 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 199 | 21 | 19,840 |
Zarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zarah's full recorded timeline at 2000, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 199 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 199
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Zarah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,107 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Zarah's strongest decade.
1,107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Zarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s 117
1980s
117 births
- 1990s 204
1990s
204 births
- 2000s
2000s
505 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,107 births
- 2020s
2020s
979 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,107 births (37% of all-time use).
How Zarah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Zarah's total volume
Zarah by state
Where Zarah concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 262 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 252 | 8.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 240 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 220 | 7.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 85 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 78 | 2.6% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 65 | 2.2% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 59 | 2.0% |
262 of 2,957 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Zarah appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Zarah's data
- Zarah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,107 total births) through the 2020s (979) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Zarahs (262 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zarah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1968–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zarah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.